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I bought some ARP studs off ebay a few years ago, supposedly installed but not ran... $40 I could not pass up. What assembly lube and torque steps are necessary for proper install?

I have SIX 4g6x heads stacked up, carefully , in my shop. I have long since forgot which was which. I can tell turbo from non, and 1.6 from 1.8/2.0 but thats about it. I especially need help identifying the stock cams in each so I can figure out which set I will run. All the threads I have read on cam identification tell me that one year or letter is better or worse than the next, but not how to tell one set of cams from another if they are in a pile. Where are the cams stamped?

after I get the longblock together I will probably have more wuestions, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

"lets you torque the nuts on the studs to a higher value than the stock head bolts (75 ft-lbs on 6bolt blocks, producing a higher clamping value, allowing safer higher boost levels (I currently torque mine to 80 ft-lbs, but may run higher) on the stock head gasket."

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As for the pile of cams, may want to get a mic?

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89 Mirage Billet 20g 63t 12.4@120 417whp 400wtq @ English Racing.
89 Colt GT E316g
06 Silverado SS
07 ZX6R

I do 90 ft/lbs going in 20 ft/lb increments in the stock pattern.

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Had a:
1991 Eagle Summit ES Hatchback - 4g15 12v 5spd
1991 Dodge Colt -4g15 12v 4spd
Have a:
1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass - 468BBO TH350
Round 3:
1990 Dodge Colt-4G63T 5spd

thanks^^

I think I may have to get a micrometer, dammit

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No colors anywhere, I want them painted Black.

If you use regular oil to lube the studs, do 90, if you use the special moly lube they come with, do 80.

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Had a:
1991 Eagle Summit ES Hatchback - 4g15 12v 5spd
1991 Dodge Colt -4g15 12v 4spd
Have a:
1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass - 468BBO TH350
Round 3:
1990 Dodge Colt-4G63T 5spd

As for cam identification, I found the chart that I remembered seeing in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6218&start=30
Just posting it in here for searchability

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No colors anywhere, I want them painted Black.

Nice!

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89 Mirage Billet 20g 63t 12.4@120 417whp 400wtq @ English Racing.
89 Colt GT E316g
06 Silverado SS
07 ZX6R

I have torqued upto 100 ft lbs MAX with regular ARP's. I torque the ARP L19's tho to 95 ft lbs.... I think about 85 ish should be good tho for a low boost motor (under 20 psi)

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-1989 Colt GT (stock for now)
-1993 Dodge colt 4g63 swap
-1992 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GSR (genuine)
-1992 Eagle Summit AWD 4g63t swap (SOLD)

so what I have gleamed is that regular motor oil for lube and torque to 90

I finally figured out which cams and head I am using, thanks to that chart. The head has been resurfaced now and I will be swapping in the cams from the 93 turbo head.

What do you guys think about advancing/retarding a tooth. do people do that anymore?

also, I may have my ebay 16g traded off to a honda kid for his "eclipse turbo" that happens to carry the part number of a EVO 3 16g

Yes, in 20ftlb increments in the stock pattern. I'd stick to the the stock cam position. Advancing/retarding the cams should be done with cam gears and even that is when you're looking for the very last bit of power out of a combination.

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Had a:
1991 Eagle Summit ES Hatchback - 4g15 12v 5spd
1991 Dodge Colt -4g15 12v 4spd
Have a:
1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass - 468BBO TH350
Round 3:
1990 Dodge Colt-4G63T 5spd

Thanks. I lub you guyz

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No colors anywhere, I want them painted Black.